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TIL Diamonds are relatively abundant but their price is high due to artificial supply restrictions

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grXL TIL that on 9/11, the BBC reported the collapse of 7 World Trade Center 20 minutes before it happened (it can be seen behind the reporter whilst she talks about its collapse)
eLvJ TIL Russia is warming 2.5 times faster than the rest of the globe, because Soviet Officials felt that pollution control was an unnecessary hindrance to economic development and industrialization.
ew0E TIL That in Russia, in times of economic desparity or high inflation, teachers can be payed in Vodka.
e0nBJ TIL calico cats are almost always female, and orange cats are almost always male.
eXvE TIL that during her adult life, Queen Victoria was estimated to have written 2,500 words a day.